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>Think of the Kennedys who built their fortune rum-running and then went legit with the money pile they built up. Nice work if you can get it.

Not according to wikipedia. It says they he build his fortune in the stock market and real estate, long before prohibition. His profits from alcohol were after prohibition, and were entirely legitimate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_P._Kennedy,_Sr.



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